Lake Forest, California

===2020===
The [[2020 United States Census]] reported a population of 85,858. The racial makeup was 63.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (47.18% [[Non-Hispanic white]]), 2.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 18.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 23.2% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Lake Forest city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lakeforestcitycalifornia/PST045221 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=www.census.gov |language=en}}</ref>

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|+'''Lake Forest city, California – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Lake Forest city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0639496&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Lake Forest city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0639496&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Lake Forest city, California|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0639496&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|39,161
|44,177
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40,506
|66.71%
|57.18%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |47.18%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|998
|1,158
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,312
|1.70%
|1.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.53%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|143
|195
|style='background: #ffffe6; |153
|0.24%
|0.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5,647
|9,985
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16,650
|9.62%
|12.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19.39%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|113
|172
|style='background: #ffffe6; |144
|0.19%
|0.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.17%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|102
|166
|style='background: #ffffe6; |450
|0.17%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.52%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|1,630
|2,387
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,698
|2.78%
|3.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.47%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|10,913
|19,024
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,945
|18.59%
|24.62%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25.56%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''58,707'''
|'''77,264'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''85,858'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}